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Kuehne+Nagel launches Book & Claim insetting solution through HVO

Kuehne+Nagel launches Book & Claim insetting solution through HVO

October 4, 2023 |

In Germany, Kuehne+Nagel has unveiled a Book & Claim insetting solution for road logistics customers who purchase Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to lower transport emissions. This offering supplements their existing solutions in Sea and Air Logistics, encompassing maritime biofuels and SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel), respectively. The comprehensive Book & Claim solution aligns with Kuehne+Nagel’s science-based emissions reduction […]

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Gevo says South Dakota project won’t fly without carbon pipeline

Gevo says South Dakota project won’t fly without carbon pipeline

October 4, 2023 |

In South Dakota, the Dakota Free Press reports that Gevo has said that if the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline doesn’t get built, then it will have to site its proposed Lake Preston elsewhere. A company spokesperson told the Brown County Commission this week that without the pipeline, the facility would be at an economic […]

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Shell begins retailing renewable diesel at 75 Los Angeles stations

Shell begins retailing renewable diesel at 75 Los Angeles stations

October 4, 2023 |

In California, Reuters reports that Shell has begun selling renewable diesel at 75 of its retail stations in Los Angeles, following behind Chevron and Phillips 66 who have been retailing the fuel in the area for several years. The push in the area follows last year’s deal with Penske Truck Leasing to whom it supplies […]

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CABBI researchers develop economic way to make succinic acid from sugarcane

CABBI researchers develop economic way to make succinic acid from sugarcane

October 4, 2023 |

In Illinois, in a breakthrough for environmentally friendly chemical production, researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have developed an economical way to make succinic acid, an important industrial chemical, from sugarcane. The team of University of Illinois and Princeton University researchers created a cost-effective, end-to-end pipeline for this valuable organic […]

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Bill meant to invigorate shift to biofuels moving through Nigeria’s House of Representatives

Bill meant to invigorate shift to biofuels moving through Nigeria’s House of Representatives

October 4, 2023 |

In Nigeria, the Vanguard newspaper reports an Act to Provide a Policy Framework for the Development of Bio-Fuels Energy Industry in Nigeria has made it to the second reading in the House of Representatives that aims to establish the Bio-Fuels Energy Regulatory Commission and the Bio-Fuels Research Agency. The bill is meant to boost the […]

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Yield10 Bioscience’s 2022/23 camelina harvest has been completed

Yield10 Bioscience’s 2022/23 camelina harvest has been completed

October 3, 2023 |

In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience announced that the harvest of a majority of the winter and spring Camelina sativa grain produced under grower contracts in 2022/2023 has been completed. This harvest marks the establishment of the Company’s “Camelina Seed Genetics to Biofuel” platform, as the camelina grain is being delivered to an offtake partner that has […]

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Emirates to source 300,000 gallons of blended SAF from Shell Aviation for DXB

Emirates to source 300,000 gallons of blended SAF from Shell Aviation for DXB

October 3, 2023 |

In the UAE, Emirates announced an agreement with Shell Aviation for the supply of over 300,000 gallons of blended SAF for use at the airline’s international hub in Dubai (DXB). The first SAF delivery under the agreement is expected to commence before the end of the year, making it the first time that SAF is supplied […]

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EWABA starts 3-month pilot of the Union Database for Biofuels with Bioledger

EWABA starts 3-month pilot of the Union Database for Biofuels with Bioledger

October 3, 2023 |

In Belgium, EWABA association, representing 50+ stakeholders from the EU waste-based and advanced biodiesel supply chain, announces the start of a 3-month pilot of the Union Database for Biofuels (UDB) for its members under the guidance of UK-service provider Bioledger. “The UDB is expected to bring a significant boost to traceability and transparency across the […]

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Repsol licenses Ecofining technology to produce 240,000 tons annually of renewable fuels at Puertollano facility

Repsol licenses Ecofining technology to produce 240,000 tons annually of renewable fuels at Puertollano facility

October 3, 2023 |

In Spain, Honeywell announced that Repsol has licensed Honeywell Ecofining technology to produce renewable fuels from feedstocks such as used cooking oil and waste animal fat at Repsol’s facility in Puertollano, Spain. Repsol is designing this plant to convert approximately 240,000 metric tons per annum (KMTA) of waste feeds/feedstocks to renewable diesel and other products. […]

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Osmoses lands $11M seed round to decarbonize and purify gases

Osmoses lands $11M seed round to decarbonize and purify gases

October 3, 2023 |

In Massachusetts, Osmoses, an industrial separations technology company that purifies gases, the world’s smallest molecules, today announced it has raised an oversubscribed $11 million seed round led by Energy Capital Ventures. Additional participating investors include Engine Ventures, Fine Structure Ventures, New Climate Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Little Green Bamboo, BlindSpot Ventures and several prominent angel investors, […]

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